While Lorelai deals with the rebuilding of the fire-damaged inn, Rory schemes to give her mother a great birthday party, complete with a gigantic pizza.
With a free Saturday night, Lorelai and Rory are at a loss for entertainment; Lane's band gets their first party gig and events lead Lane to drink too much.
Lorelai and Sookie plan to purchase the Dragonfly Inn; Dean announces his engagement; Jess's father arrives in Stars Hollow and confronts an angry Luke.
Jess travels to Venice, California, where he has a reunion with his father that results in important decisions and causes tension with the father's girlfriend.
A woman dedicated to taking care of her family's ranch and legacy finds herself falling in love after a developer shows up to try and buy the property from her.
A corporate executive is tasked with talking an aging restaurateur into selling his diner only to discover that the property is now owned by her ex-boyfriend.
A woman writes a heartfelt note that she puts a bottle and sends out to sea, which is discovered months later by a fisherman who attempts to contact her.
A woman tries to bring two feuding neighbors together in her condo building with help from the building's super who doesn't want to be involved in the feud.
Reba pairs off against Barbara Jean when the pair takes a self-defense course; Jake creates the password for the new security system installed by Van and Brock.